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Freelance travel writer Debbie Pappyn and her photographer husband David De Vleeschauwer began exploring remote corners of the world during a decade of almost non-stop travel. During their adventures on six continents, they stayed in more than 1,000 hotels. Their visual anthology, "Remote: Places to Stay," is nowavailable in hardcover and includes a look at 22 remarkable off-the-grid destinations.
Business Insider asked Debbie and David, who run the award-winning blog Classe Touriste, to share their favorite photos and stories from their travels.
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"We have always been unconsciously drawn to remote and off-the-map places," Debbie said in an email to Business Insider. The couple, who's based in Antwerp, Belgium, spend 80% of the year traveling.
Debbie contributes regularly to travel magazines in the Netherlands, Germany, UK, Mexico, Singapore, Australia, and Hong Kong. She writes on the couple's blog that she caught the travel bug when she boarded her first plane back in the 1970s. From there, Debbie decided to go into tourism, "the biggest and most exciting service industry in the world."
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David works as a freelance photographer for several international titles, including Travel + Leisure. He writes on their blog that some of his favorite photography experiences included shooting cities in North Korea, Sumo wrestlers in Tokyo, and gorillas in the Congo.
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